Inside my beauty bag video

"Simplicity is my method for filling my beauty bag," the globally-loved actress Maisie Williams tells us, "I would describe my beauty philosophy as being ‘high low’; I like having very few, very special products".

Fresh from shooting her Harper's Bazaar cover story – where the Game of Thrones star discusses her latest role, playing Christian Dior’s heroic sister Catherine in TV series The New Look – Williams sits down to share the contents of her (Dior, no less) beauty bag.

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But it's not entirely packed with cosmetics. "I like woo woo things," the 26-year-old shares, showing her most treasured crystal which she harnesses for "mental clarity", her sublime-looking tarot deck which helps her "feel like I have some element of control over my life", a wild flower essence that she ingests "for magnetism" and Witchy Incense Sticks by Vyrao for burning "when I’m doing spells".

Many of Williams' anecdotes surrounding her beauty choices are very real, though. "I’m chronically online, so someone on TikTok said you should get this and I did," she says, referring to the Erborian CC Cream. "It’s amazing and it’s the only make-up that I really use day-to-day." To keep her acne-prone complexion clear, she also uses the Starface Hydro Stars and double cleanses each evening revealing "my skin has never been better" because of it. Williams also counts her gua sha as a facial staple. "I am partial to a glass of wine and I feel like this helps the next morning to make my face less puffy," she shares.

Erborian CC Creme

Sisley Phyto-Blush Twist

StarFace Hydro-Stars Pimple Patches

For colour, she rates the Sisley Paris Phyto-Blush Twist in No7 Berry. "I use it on my cheeks and my lips, I’m kind of a one-product-fits-all [person]." Though when she wants to employ a serious lipstick she reaches for Les Filles en Rouje Le Rouje in shade Laura. "This is my favourite lipstick in the whole world," she says, adding "I’ve bought it a million times over."

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When it comes to her hair, Williams reveals how liberating it was going from long to short – having shaved her hair off for her role in The New Look. "There’s something about that which is so revealing," she explains, "to take it all away and tell yourself you’re still going to be strong and brave and find yourself beautiful – it felt like a real lesson in self-love".

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She recalls other memories with beauty rituals central to them, such as the 09.27.65.04 Vetyver & Whiskey Eau De Parfum she wore to the Met Gala in 2022. "Now every time it reminds me of that really fun night."

Her look that evening was very different to some of her earlier red carpet appearances. "When I was younger I used to get a spray tan before a red carpet event," she shares in the video, adding that she's happy to have now lent into her natural colourings. "Any time you’re trying to push very far away from your natural image it can be quite jarring on the eye," she feels, admitting she did what she could to make the "exposing experience" of being photographed at high profile events feel more comfortable.

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Williams' best stress-shifting tip is cold water therapy, she says. "If I’m having a stressful moment I’m having a cold shower – it’s a real factory reset, like a ‘control alt delate’ on whatever’s going on in my head."

Hear more of the actress' insights into beauty and self-care – plus the products she wouldn't be without, from Jo Malone London's English Pear & Freesia Candle to Aesop's Resurrection Aromatique Hand Balm – in the video above.

Vyrao Witchy Incense Sticks

Jo Malone London English Pear & Freesia Candle

Aesop Resurrection Aromatique Hand Balm

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